HCG Diet

robynss · July 2010

Anyone know anything about it???? Have a great hump day!!!! Smile

cupcakeandmoose · July 2010

Nope, what did you hear?

rach2100 · July 2010

Can't say this is one I've heard.....what info you have?

nikilouhoo · July 2010

A couple of my friends were one this, and all of them lost weight - some more than others. They did say it was realllllllly hard. I can't remember all the details, but you basically give yourself a shot of HCG everday and limit your food to something like 500-800 calories. That's for the whole day...

I don't know - that severe of a calorie restriction kind of scares me. How are you going to get all the nutrients your body needs, plus I would think it would be really hard to maintain any weght loss.

One friend lost somthing like 15 pounds in three weeks. She's been off the diet for about a month and has maintained most of the loss, but she's a complete workout diva - she's training for a triatholon and does 90-120 minutes of hard core running, weights, biking, swimming every day. Another friend lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks, but it all came back within a month.

cutebride73 · July 2010

It's not really a safe way to lose weight and I am pretty sure that type of calorie restiction alone would cause that weight loss - no need for the HCG shots . I am sure your 1st friend is maintaining it b/c of her workouts and the other friend probably lost only water weight, which is why she gained it right back. They say it's not until the 3rd week of dieting that you lose any "real" weight.

The only way I lose weight is to restrict calories. And by that I do not mean only 500-800 calories a day - that is not healthy at all. Even working out doesn't help me with weight loss, but I am trying to work out for my long term overall health. I don't hate it nearly as much as I used to.

I wish there was a quick fix, but it doesn't seem like there is, just lots of time and dedication.

robynss · July 2010

I have heard that there is a connection with the diet and TTC because you are getting strong doses of HCG. I have a friend who believes that although the people she knows were on it for weight loss, it helped yjem conceive. Thinking it is cheaper than IVF but i guess you can't stop the inevitable. Thanks for your opinions!

pnltybox · July 2010

I did hear about this on the news a few months ago. I remember them saying something about giving shots, but I don't remember any calorie restrictions. The woman featured on the news had lost about 50 lbs and was 50+ years old. That is all I know.

kikibird · July 2010

Though it looked tempting, I'm not keen on the idea of dieting through hormone injections. Sounds like I might be wrong on this, but my intuition tells me not to mess with hormones while TTC. If it's doctor-prescribed, then maybe. I would be careful with this.

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